Inequality of Access to Opportunities and Socioeconomic Mobility : Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey (English)

Expectations of future socioeconomic mobility are an important determinant of cur- rent policy preferences. But how may these expectations be formed? Using Life in Transition survey data for a large set of transition economies and several Western European countries, this paper examines the link between beliefs about the importance of personal connections for getting access to opportunities, such as a good job or university education, and expectations...

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Cojocaru,Alexandru;
Document Date
2019/02/05
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS8725
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2019/02/05
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Disclosed
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Inequality of Access to Opportunities and Socioeconomic Mobility : Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey
Keywords
Life in Transition Survey

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Cojocaru,Alexandru.

Inequality of Access to Opportunities and Socioeconomic Mobility : Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8725 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/691741549375632212

Inequality of Access to Opportunities and Socioeconomic Mobility : Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey (English)

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